You have a pea plant with round, yellow seeds. A cross test with green, wrinkled seeds (rryy) gives the following dа ta: 50% of the offspring make round seeds, 50% of the offspring make wrinkled seeds, and 100% of the offspring make yellow seeds. What was the genotype of the original plant?

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Jeremiah Whitney

Biology

14 December, 12:16

You have a pea plant with round, yellow seeds. A cross test with green, wrinkled seeds (rryy) gives the following dа ta: 50% of the offspring make round seeds, 50% of the offspring make wrinkled seeds, and 100% of the offspring make yellow seeds. What was the genotype of the original plant?

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Levi Dodson · Answer 1

RRYy

Explanation:

from the result of the progeny, it is obvious that the gene for yellow colouration is homozygous dominant while the genetype for seed shape round is heterzygous dominant.